DIE STATT PARIS

Code: M3228

Cartographer: Sebastian Munster

Date: 1574 Basel

Size: 27*33 cms sheet 32*40 cms

Good early map of Paris.

This finely executed plan shows the city and surroundings of 16th century Paris with its churches, universities and palaces labeled both on the map and keyed to a legend. The Sorbonne as well as the cathedral of Notre Dame can be found among other structures of note. The arms of the city are at upper right and royal arms at upper left. The 1572 Braun & Hogenberg plan was its primary source.

. The view is surrounded by an elaborate Gothic border. From the German edition of Sebastian M?nster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller L?nder, published 1574 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.